Business Continuity and Risk Officer

Government Recruitment Service; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency seeks a professional with skills in business continuity and risk management. The role involves improving resilience frameworks, coordinating incident management, and training staff. Ideal candidates should have excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities. Competitive benefits include a generous pension and flexible working options.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97%

25 days annual leave, increasing with service

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in business continuity, risk management, or assurance is essential.
• Track record of working under tight deadlines.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Support development and improvement of DVSA's BC&R Framework.
• Provide expert BC&R advice across the Agency.
• Lead business continuity documentation refresh and maintain central repository.
• Coordinate incident management arrangements and provide secretariat duties.
• Deliver training sessions to build BC&R capability across DVSA.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Have you got experience in business continuity, risk management, or assurance?

Can you work under pressure and meet tight deadlines?

Do you have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

In Assurance, our purpose is to use insight from governance, risk and control to bring clarity so that decision makers in DVSA can make informed choices. The role holder will champion the assurance principles and values underpinning the Assurance Strategy, encouraging a positive, transparent assurance culture across the Agency. The role holder will support DVSA’s business continuity & resilience (BC&R) planning and help facilitate incident management to safeguard the Agency’s key services.

Benefits

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday.
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Support the development and continuous improvement of DVSA’s BC&R Framework.
• Provide expert BC&R advice to champions and colleagues across the Agency.
• Lead the annual refresh of business continuity documentation and maintain the central repository.
• Coordinate incident management arrangements, including Silver/Gold command meeting by providing secretariat duties and consolidate reporting.
• Deliver training and awareness sessions to build BC&R capability across DVSA.
• Maintain BC&R content on internal digital platforms such as SharePoint and the Intranet and assist in automating processes to enhance BC&R efficiency and reporting.
• Draft compliance reports, post-incident reviews, and support assurance returns.
• Assist in aligning BC&R activities with DVSA’s corporate governance framework and other mandatory requirements.
• Represent the Senior Assurance Business Partner at internal meetings when required.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.